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Selective thermal relief for thru holes, smt pads, vias in CircuitStudio?

nszmnsky

I often need to change the connection of a polygon depending on what connecting to - for instance, often want direct for vias but X on smt pads. Can this be done in CS? I don't see a way to configure rule for anything other than net, no option for setting what its connecting to.

 

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Neil

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    You can make Circuit Studio connect a via to a polygon pour directly and have thermal reliefs for your other pads. It takes a bit of effort though. I made a tutorial here: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/circuit-studio/how-to-selective-thermal-relief-for-vias-and-pads/

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    Thank You Thank You Thank You for explaining design rules to me.  Transitioning from Altium to CircuitStudio has been a little frustrating but now that I understand CircuitStudio is Altium and I just need to use the workarounds, everything is still possible.  I love the interface of CS better than Altium but I don't like all of the items that have been removed.  This discussion has been a huge help.

     

    I used to use the command IsVia in Altium while declaring polygon connect rules and for CS I have two methods of relief-connects and direct-connects using polygon pours.

    1-Declare everything as a direct-connect unless it is a component.  Priority is key.

    2-Export the Rules, edit them and Import them back in.  Unless you know how to use Altium, this can be difficult.

     

    If someone else is looking for this, I hope that they find it.  I had difficulty searching through the forums.

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    Thank You Thank You Thank You for explaining design rules to me.  Transitioning from Altium to CircuitStudio has been a little frustrating but now that I understand CircuitStudio is Altium and I just need to use the workarounds, everything is still possible.  I love the interface of CS better than Altium but I don't like all of the items that have been removed.  This discussion has been a huge help.

     

    I used to use the command IsVia in Altium while declaring polygon connect rules and for CS I have two methods of relief-connects and direct-connects using polygon pours.

    1-Declare everything as a direct-connect unless it is a component.  Priority is key.

    2-Export the Rules, edit them and Import them back in.  Unless you know how to use Altium, this can be difficult.

     

    If someone else is looking for this, I hope that they find it.  I had difficulty searching through the forums.

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